美国中佛罗里达大学---射频毫米波集成电路方向博士招生

招生信息

The INtelligent, high-SPeed & Integrated Radio Electronics (INSPIRE) Lab directed by Prof. Kenle Chen at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ranked 53 according to US News 2023), University of Central Florida (UCF), is looking for multiple highly-motivated Ph.D. students.  
The candidates are expected to have a theoretical background and/or hands-on experience in at least one of the following areas: IC, Microwave, Electromagnetics, and Wireless Communications. Funding support (Fellowship/RA/TA) including full tuition coverage plus a competitive stipend will be offered to qualified applicants.  
Please contact Prof. Chen directly via email at kenle.chen@ucf.edu . For more information, please check the group website www.kenlechen-lab.com/. The application deadline for Fall 2023 is Dec. 1, 2022.

导师和实验室简介
Prof. Chen is a highly reputational scholar in active RF circuits and transmitter systems, and he also has extensive industry experience and connections. His research is mainly focused on:
1) Energy- and spectrum-efficient RF/mm-Wave circuits and systems for 5G/6G communications,  
2) Extreme-performance power amplifiers in silicon and compound-semiconductor technologies,  
3) AI-empowered RF/mm-Wave circuits and wireless systems,  
4) Enabling RF technologies for revolutionary communication paradigms.  

Within only four years, Prof. Chen’s group has won multiple prestigious research-based awards, including  
1st Place Best Paper Award in IEEE International Microwave Symposium 2020 (flagship conference of IEEE MTT-S),  
Best Paper Award in IEEE WAMICON 2019,  
2 Times of 1st Place Award in IEEE MTT-S “High-Efficiency Power Amplifier” Design Competition,  
2 Times of 1st Place Award in IEEE MTT-S “Carrier Aggregation” Design Competition.
Students recently graduated from INSPIRE Lab are all employed by tier-one semiconductor company.

学校简介
UCF is the nation’s second largest university, and it is also ranked the nation’s top 10 most innovative universities by U.S. News & World Report. The ECE department has strong educational and research programs and the state-of-the-art facilities. Our electrical engineering and computer engineering programs are ranked 53rd and 50th nationally by U.S. News 2023.
Located in Orlando, UCF is at the center of Florida High-Tech Corridor with an excellent industrial base, where many world-renowned companies have headquarters or R&D centers in the local area, including Apple, Qualcomm, AMD, Qorvo, Luminar, SpaceX, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, etc. Together with the convenient oceanic weather, evergreen landscape, easy access to the seashore, and one of the world's best international airport, the UCF/Orlando area is an ideal place to study, work and live.